Resilient wheel for vehicles



June 1944; M. BENITO Y DE LA ROSA ETAL 2,350,930

RESILIENT WHEEL FOR VEHICLES Filed Jan. 29, 1943 IIIIII/lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MA BYWW Z ATTORNEYS Patented June 13, 1944 Application January" 29, 1943, Serial No. 473,906

"This inventionrel'atesitoi certain new and 11 58 ful" improvements fin resilient wheels for .v e'- hicles, particularly forhea vehicles, such as busses, trucks and the' like.

.The main'object of this inventionis' to provide.

a wheelicompose'd of a plain inner rim on which and spaced apart therefrom by spaced trans? versal metallicjhalf-round vprojections rigidly secured to the .are disposed a 'circular rub; her band, a circumferential series'of v cushion blocks each of which"isl lodged 'ina transversal metalliochannel-shape fshjell disposed "on the circularrubberband and each"'spaced therefrom by a transversal j metallic" half -roundl projection outwardly secured to" the 1 she'll; bottom, a fo l?- cumferentialseries 'of' fiber, blocks 'disposedgon the cushion'blocks and forming the wheel'tread surface; andfradial tyingmetallic .members tightening theifiber. blocks on the'rim andwhich pass through ,holes in thelcushion blocks. and the rubber bandandthrough'holesin the" shells enclosing the cushion blocks. By means of this arrangement the metallic shells carrying the cushion blo'cksand the fiber blocks are allowed to move radially in relation to' the circumferential rubber band which is caused to adopt an undulated shape by the pressure exerted by the shells due to the tightening action of the tying members, the wheel thus affording its greater coeflicient of safety and permitting strikes against any of the fiber blocks to be absorbed and deadened by a portion of the circumferential rubber band, whereby the strike efiect will not be transmitted to the remainder of the wheel periphery, and at the same time the punches and bursts are eliminated.

The invention is described with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawing, of which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary longitudinad sectional View of the wheel on line CD of Fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a radial vertical sectional View of the wheel on line AB of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical section of the circumferential rubber band forming a portion of the wheel tire.

In the drawing in which the same reference numbers indicate similar parts in all figures, I illustrates a plain metallic rim which forms the inner member of the wheel and which is provided with a series of half-round convex projections 2 spaced apart from one another and firmly secured in transversal position-on the outer face of the rim I.

On the half-round projections 2 is disposed e InQuba'January 30, 1942 w rns. (01. 152-7.)

a circumferential'rubber'band 3 '.on which and through intermediate Ieatherfs'helIs 4' of channeled cross-section are positioned "transversal channel-shaped metallicshells fi'ha'ving radial sides and each of which is provided witha halfround convex projection 'fi firml'y secured beneath the bottom portion of eachmetallicshell 5 and on the middlelin'e'v of same. this mane ner the metallic shells 5 are'separated'from one another by the leathr 'shells 4' the sides' of which will form the "jointsbetweenadjacent shells5. H

i I irrfeaclii of the me l igjs i l i. 5i l d a gg hi n block "I made of rubber whose 1 outer crossesection shape is exactly as' the inner crosssection shape offthe'shellj each cushion block I having a reces's 8* "all along j'the longitudinal length of-its'upp'er face-said recess8'having its sides slightly inclined"divergently to afford a larger opening to 'the'outsideg' j 'On each' cushion block 1 isdisposed a fiber block' 9 covering 'the' side edges of g each metallic shell 5' and-of each leather shellttdfform the joiritwith each ajtljacent fiber block}, each fiber block 9 carrying a*"proje'ctiont I'll allalong the longitudinal length of its lower face by means of which it engages the recess 8 of the respective cushion block I, any side sliding of each fiber block 9 with respect to its respective supporting cushion block 7 being thus prevented.

Each fiber block 9 with its respective cushion block I is tied somewhat loosely to the inner rim 1 by means of a radially disposed head pin H passing across holes l2, l3 and I4 formed respectively in the fiber block 9, the cushion block 1 and the rubber band 3, and across holes l5, l6, H and I8 formed respectively in the bottom of each shell 5, in the cut projecting portion of each half-round projection 6, in the base of each leather shell I4, and in the rim l, the head 19 of pin ll remaining concealed Within the countersink hole 12 of fiber block 9, and the opposed end of head pin H projecting beneath the rim 1 being threaded to tightly receive against the inner face of rim I a nut 20.

Due to the tightening of the head pins II by means of their respective nuts 20 and by dis-1 to move radially and transversally with relation to each adjacent channeled shell 5 by sliding downwards together with its respective head pin ll.

What we claim is:

1 his:

1. A wheel comprising a plain metallicrim having at intervals thereof" upward projections, V a series of metallic channeled shells disposed transversally one adjacent the other and each 5 shell being provided with a downward projection, a circumferential-rubber band disposed be-' tweenthe upper projections of the rim and the lower projections of the metallic shells, a series of 'cushion blocks respectively lodged in' the metallic channeled shells, a series of fiber blocks disposed respectively'on the cushion blocks and forming the tread surfaceof-thewhe'el tire, and tying memb'ers'tig'h'tening' each fiber block" on the rim through each. cushion block and its shell and through the circumferential rubber band. V

2 A viieel comprising a plain metallic rim having upward convei i projections at 'inter'v' als; thereof, a series of metallic channeled shells disposed transversally one adjacent the other and each shell bei'r'ig' provided with a downward convex projectionffrom the middle line of its bc'ttoln,'the downward projections' of the shells being disposed alternately to the upward projections of ther'in'i, a cir'cumferential rubber band between the. upper projections of the rim; andthe' lower projections of the shells, leather shellsisurroundin'g the sides and below the metallic shells'to bear on the circumferential rubber 'block and its shell, every leather shell and the circumferential rubber band.

:3. A wheel comprising a plain metallic rim having upward half-round convex projections at intervals thereof, a series of metallic channeled shells with radial sides disposed transversally one adjacent the other and each shell being provided with a downward half-round convex projection "from the middle line of its bottom, the down- .ward, projections of the shells being arranged alternately to the upward projections of the rim,

a circumferential rubber band disposed between the upper projections of the rim and the lower alternate projections of the shells, leather shells surrounding the metallic shells by their sides and beneath the respective lower projection of each 'shell to bear on the circumferential rubber band, a series of cushion blocks respectively lodged in the metallic channeled shells and havingia longitudinal recess at their upper face, a series offiber blocks respectively disposed'on the cushion'blocksto form the tread surface or the wheel tire and to cover the side edges of the channe led shells and the leather shells, each fiber block beingprovidedflwith a longitudinal projection at its low r face to en age the up er recess formed in each "cushion: block, countersink headbolts" inf each fiber block and radially disposedfacrose holes in each fiber bloclmn each cushion blockand in the circumferential rubber band and across holesin the bottom or each channeled shell and (Kits respective halt-round rojection and in the base of each leather shell and inthe rim, and nuts screwed on the lower projecting ends of said head bolts andtightening on the innerface'of the rim.

" MANUEL BENITO Y'DE LA'ROSA.

' DELINA CLAVIJO Y GARCIA. 

